>> i have called for an overhad-fly -- no-fly zone over syria, already. they are iran's partner. they are attached at the hip. we have to stand firm with our ally in that region, israel, there needs to be no space between the united states and israel. this administration has absolutely bungled. it is the most muddled foreign policy i can ever remember in my lifetime, whether it was in '09, when we had the opportunity to covertly, overtly or ways of helping the irabbian citizens as they were trying to overthrow that repressive regime, or working with mubarak to have a moderate to replace him, whether it was leading from behind, as we have seen in libya. now we have seen this president, as newt and mitt have talked basking the iranians to give us back that drone. what we should have done is destroy it or we retrieve t. he took a third route, which was the worst and the weakest and that is to do nothing. [applause] >> bret: now to neil? >> i want to move on to energy. and speaker gingrich, as you know, the president, sir, has rejek good efforts to tie a payroll tax cut extension wit